Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300-1600) - its political history as viewed from the standpoints of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and (14590574767)

Identifier: italyfromdanteto1919cott (find matches)
Title: Italy from Dante to Tasso (1300-1600) : its political history as viewed from the standpoints of the chief cities, with descriptions of important episodes and personalities and of the art and literature of the three centuries
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Cotterill, H. B. (Henry Bernard), b. 1846
Subjects: Cities and towns
Publisher: New York : Frederick A. Stokes Co
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries



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ART (1500-1600) the form of a Greek cross. At Florence the great PalazzoPandolfini (now Nencini) was built from his designs.^ Michelangelos greatest architectural work is, of course, thedome of St. Peters, mainly built after his death by Vignolaand Delia Porta from his wooden model. Other importantarchitectural works of his are the I^aurentian lyibrary, theNew Sacristy, and the San Miniato fortifications at Florence.Then at Rome we have the reconstruction of the piazza ofthe Capitol, begun in 1538—^in which year he transferredthither the celebrated equestrian statue of Marcus AureUusfrom the I^ateran; and in the pontificate of Pius IV (about1560) he transformed the huge remains of the Baths of Dio-cletian into a Carthusian monastery, ^ making the magnificentchurch of S. Maria degli Angeli out of the central hall (theXepidarium). From his design the Porta Pia (near which in1870 the ItaHan troops entered Rome through a breach) wasconstructed shortly after his death. ^ (b) Northern Ita